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Sword Blades and Poppy Seed/The Bungler

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1904230Sword Blades and Poppy Seed — The BunglerAmy Lowell

You glow in my heart
Like the flames of uncounted candles.
But when I go to warm my hands,
My clumsiness overturns the light,
And then I stumble
Against the tables and chairs.

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